Prevalence of Wheezing and its Association with Body Mass Index and Abdominal Obesity in Children


Abstract:

Objective. To evaluate the relative importance of body mass index (BMI) and abdominal obesity in the prevalence of wheezing in Brazilian children. Materials and methods. This is a cross-sectional study of male and female students, 6-12 years old, from the public elementary schools of São Francisco do Conde, Bahia, Northeast Brazil. Reports of wheezing in the past 12 months were collected using a questionnaire from the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood Program (ISAAC) phase III, adapted to Portuguese. Anthropometric, demographic, and socioeconomic information was collected. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were used to assess the associations of interest. Results. Of the children surveyed, 10.6% reported wheezing. Excess weight was observed in 16.2%, 10.5%, and 7.9% of the sample, measured by BMI, waist circumference (WC), and the waist-to-height ratio (WHtR), respectively. percentage of patients with wheezing attributable to BMI ≥ 85th percentile (8.2%) slightly exceeded those identified with abdominal obesity, WC ≥ 80th percentile (7.3%) and WHtR > 0.5 (7.1%). Conclusion. results suggest that an excess of fat deposits, either in the abdominal region or elsewhere in the body, increased the risk of wheezing. Since obesity is an important public health problem worldwide, control of this problem may partially reduce the occurrence of wheezing in youth. © 2013 Informa Healthcare USA, Inc.

Año de publicación:

2013

Keywords:

  • Wheezing
  • abdominal obesity
  • body mass index

Fuente:

scopusscopus

Tipo de documento:

Article

Estado:

Acceso restringido

Áreas de conocimiento:

  • Obesidad
  • Salud pública
  • Epidemiología

Áreas temáticas:

  • Salud y seguridad personal
  • Ginecología, obstetricia, pediatría, geriatría
  • Problemas sociales y servicios a grupos